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A scanned newspaper masthead shows staff titles and contact details for W. H. Hartman Co and John C. Herman with president editor treasurer and general manager roles. It also lists subscription rates, classified ad policies, delivery terms, postal classification, and advertising rate practices across multiple cities and regions.
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FUNO
W. H.hartman Co
Couries
Corner Park Ave
Commercial St
John C. C. Herman
Fetidesesa
Wateson
Enia
Pepubtlea Ton
New York
Philadelphia
Chicago
Los Angeles
San Francico
Stary, Brooks & Finley, Representatives
A Million for the Dodge Fund
Edward S. Harkness will donate 1 million dollars to the Dodge memorial fund for the permanent endowment of six American colleges in the Near East. The gift requires the 15 million fund be completed by July 2, a date chosen by the late Cleveland H. Dodge. Harkness, a noted philanthropist, has supported Yale and Harvard and now backs several Near East colleges. About 13,000 contributions have come from graduates and friends, with three months left to raise roughly 2.5 million to secure the drive.
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Dodge Memorial
Near East
Edward S. Harkness
Cleveland H. Dodge
Harkness
Yale
Harvard
Dodge Fund
Robert College
Constantinople
American University of Beirut
Connstantinople Woman's College
International College of Smyrna
The
American
College of Sofia
Athens College
Aviation crash reports could boost safety and deter accidents
The piece notes that federal law requires the Interstate Commerce Commission to report railroad accidents and the public acknowledgment of causes aids safety. It contrasts aviation reports under the Commerce Department with gaps in incident-by-incident investigations. Publishing detailed inquiry results could prevent crashes by warning pilots and mechanics where dangers lie.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Department of Commerce
Interstate Commerce’ Commission
Safety first urged in national auto death toll drop
The article notes 27 000 U S deaths in auto crashes last year, a 7 percent rise from 1927, with Iowa showing a 10 percent decrease possibly due to mud roads. It calls for a broad safety campaign like the railroads used for workers to curb reckless driving and reduce fatalities through public action and industry participation.
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United States
Iowa
Poison gas in peace use saves lives in peacetime
A Popular Science Monthly article notes how substances once used to kill now help humanity. Sneezing gas warns of gas leaks in homes and doors, while mustard gas counteracts jackrabbit plagues by spreading as dew like droplets picked up by animals.
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Popular Science Monthly
Poison paint and protective coatings aid ships and docks
To protect pilings from marine borers and keep hulls barnacle free, researchers report coatings and a so called poison paint have proven most effective. These measures are expected to save shipping companies large sums of money by extending the life of docks and vessels.
Omaha Union Station to cost over four million dollars
Omaha Nebraska plans a new union station in modern american style on the site of the present Union Pacific depot. The project, costing in excess of 4 000 000 dollars, will, with the Burlington station, serve all roads entering Omaha, a major railway center with Waterloo far smaller in population. The item illustrates progressive cities securing modern, sightly and sanitary depots for passenger facilities.
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Omaha
Union Station
Neb
Union Pacific
Burlington
Waterloo
Ear Hiccups Mystery Revealed by Busy County Merchant
Personal Health Service recounts a reader's ear related hiccups and a case involving Bill the Busy. Dr Brady narrates how ear wax blocked Bill’s ear, causing deafness and a coughing trigger after a bath, with luck and a diagnostic twist guiding the examination.
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William Brady, M. D
Nat'l Newspaper
Bill
Lady Luck
Iinta
Questions and Answers in a Freezing Style Debates Dangers
A readers’ questions page covers fears about electric refrigerators and poison risks from leakage. It also lists calcium rich foods, deodorant DIY, roach and bedbug extermination tips, orange peels versus pulp, and a note that health letters are answered by Dr. Brady with stamped envelopes.
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A 200 A. D. Picture of 1929 by Glenn Frank
Glimpses of Maximus Tyrius through a 1900s lens. A Wisconsin president recalls late second century Greek thought and its resonances with modern life budgets, desires, and fears. The piece reflects on human nature and continuity across centuries.
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Glenn Frank
University of Wisconsin
Century
McClure Newspaper
Maximus Tyrius
A Tough Break and Quirky Era Snippets
A collage of vintage ditties notes a Mexican rebel retreat halted by a destroyed railway bridge and general gloom of Escobar. It threads census costs, Courier lists satire, fashion quirks, Lindbergh cordiality, and a jab at old timers remembering cement sidewalks.
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Escobar
Brain Tests at Leading Universities Quiz Pairs Of Meaning
Test in the Evening Post lists word pairs and asks if each pair is similar or opposite. Sample items include Vindicate and acquit, Incite and instigate, Lovely and hideous, and Embrace and abandon. Readers are urged to answer without referencing the solution, within the time limit.
Constable Plum’s Niece Hits Melodean Hall Club Scene
A niece of Constable Newt Plum entered the Columbia club and recalled a box office seller at Melodean hall gave Joe Kite a box of cigarets when the writer paid $6 for tickets last night.
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Newt Plum
Columbia Club
Melodean Hall
Joe Kite
Virginia Pope Bird Sanctuary and Other Oddities of New York
New York voices a postcard of city life through the Virginia Pope Bird Boarding House on West Sixty-fifth Street, run by Mrs. Hattie Williams. The piece details hundreds of birds in segregated cages, lavish tariffs, odd ailments treated with whisky, and a cast of patrons from Marion Alley to Otto Kahn, alongside notes on local music box repairers, hotel visitors from Detroit and Los Angeles, and a satirical aside about Broadway premieres and a city shaped by country-born workers.
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New York
Manhattan
Virginia Pope
West Sixty-fifth Street
Hattie Williams
Marion ‘Alley
Margaret, Anglin
Fred Stone
Otto Kahn
Dark Hester and the clash of generations in Sedgwick novel
The April New York review surveys Anne Douglas Sedgwick's Dark Hester, a tale of mother in law Monica Wilmott and daughter in law Hester, whose opposing modern and traditional values collide over Clive. The piece contrasts Hester's psychoanalytic, reformist stance with Monica's old fashioned, rooted sensibilities, then notes eventual understanding between the generations. It also surveys critic Rascoe and contemporary literary figures, highlighting his Daybook and portraits of authors like Conrad, Morley, Lewis, and Blerce.
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Richard G. Marlock
New York
Anne Douglas Sedogwick
Hester
Miss Sedgwick
Clive
Burton Rascne
Kentucky
Oklahoma
Chicago
C. Flattley Grabtan
Edlty Ife
Grattan
Rascac
A. L. Mencken
Comra
Morley
Rascoe
Bay
Conrad
Ted Paramore
Bunny Wilson
Ambrose Blerce
Bitter Blerce
Mr. Grattan
Ambrose ‘Blerce
Adolphe de Tro
Spies in War Ethics and Escapes Across Front Lines
A wartime diary theme recalls covert agents from both sides, detailing how spies operated in Paris Amsterdam and Belgium. Women couriers used romance for intelligence while farmers and Flemish residents signaled enemy aircraft with signals from windmills and laundry. A Belgian squad braved front lines to reach Brussels, many paid with their lives. A Teutonic princess subjected to a strip search reveals a newspaper print on skin mistaken for secret messages.
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Dewitk MacKenzie
Associated Press
Tower of London
England
Berlin
France
Paris
Planders
Ene
Amiens
Albert
Belgium
Brussels
Fery
Indy
Congress and war mail mix in curious pleas
The piece notes Louisiana Rep. Kemp faces odd constituent requests such as an elderly man asking for an army rifle to stop rock-throwing children, and a lumber firm seeking buffalo for a park. It cites other lawmakers receiving strange letters from constituents and a California representative recounting a woman upset by “lame ducks” in Congress. The column blends anecdotes of quirky letters with reflections on public reaction to new ideas.
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Herbert Washington
D. C
Bolivar E. Kemp
Louisiana
Congress
War Department
Bayou
Kemp
Gerald P. Nye
North Dakota
Senate
United States
Florence P. Kahn
California
Kahn
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